| Rank | Country | Imports of Synthetic filament tow. in USD (2010) |
|---|
| 1 | China | $254,937,143 |  | | 2 | Turkey | $129,393,511 | | | 3 | Indonesia | $122,500,115 | | | 4 | Italy | $70,376,884 | | | 5 | United States | $69,464,855 | | | 6 | Iran | $67,222,367 | | | 7 | Romania | $52,799,395 | | | 8 | Egypt | $39,474,586 | | | 9 | Pakistan | $32,171,239 | | | 10 | India | $31,252,450 | | | 11 | Morocco | $29,321,377 | | | 12 | Syria | $28,613,794 | | | 13 | Japan | $27,287,915 | | | 14 | Mexico | $26,636,613 | | | 15 | Bulgaria | $26,380,959 | | | 16 | Argentina | $25,832,964 | | | 17 | United Kingdom | $25,229,113 | | | 18 | Ecuador | $23,289,372 | | | 19 | Kenya | $22,258,456 | | | 20 | Germany | $21,601,851 | | | 21 | France | $19,729,717 | | | 22 | Saudi Arabia | $19,087,223 | | | 23 | South Africa | $15,017,484 | | | 24 | Colombia | $13,023,286 | | | 25 | Spain | $10,908,987 | | | 26 | Thailand | $8,957,952 | | | 27 | Canada | $8,564,429 | | | 28 | Lithuania | $7,705,972 | | | 29 | Bolivia | $7,365,856 | | | 30 | Chile | $7,189,743 | | | 31 | Hong Kong | $6,664,020 | | | 32 | Guatemala | $6,582,076 | | | 33 | Peru | $6,473,454 | | | 34 | Nigeria | $5,954,292 | | | 35 | Cote d'Ivoire | $5,781,813 | | | 36 | Philippines | $5,645,684 | | | 37 | Brazil | $5,586,055 | | | 38 | Switzerland | $5,445,437 | | | 39 | Belgium | $5,171,939 | | | 40 | Portugal | $4,404,750 | | | 41 | Tanzania | $4,240,405 | | | 42 | Malaysia | $4,077,406 | | | 43 | Poland | $3,992,640 | | | 44 | Czech Republic | $3,752,701 | | | 45 | Cameroon | $3,162,069 | | | 46 | Ukraine | $2,758,945 | | | 47 | Ireland | $2,588,952 | | | 48 | Zambia | $2,409,126 | | | 49 | Tunisia | $2,229,358 | | | 50 | Uganda | $2,064,632 | | | 51 | Sri Lanka | $1,549,502 | | | 52 | Israel | $1,470,000 | | | 53 | Vietnam | $1,442,570 | | | 54 | Korea, South | $1,315,530 | | | 55 | Singapore | $1,292,679 | | | 56 | New Zealand | $907,768 | | | 57 | Russia | $812,419 | | | 58 | Zimbabwe | $758,753 | | | 59 | Costa Rica | $645,776 | | | 60 | Greece | $573,810 | | | 61 | Venezuela | $524,109 | | | 62 | Denmark | $484,518 | | | 63 | Qatar | $422,835 | | | 64 | Netherlands | $405,686 | | | 65 | Austria | $379,381 | | | 66 | Malawi | $323,372 | | | 67 | Jordan | $298,524 | | | 68 | Sweden | $189,356 | | | 69 | Slovenia | $131,690 | | | 70 | Botswana | $103,854 | | | 71 | Belarus | $99,700 | | | 72 | Azerbaijan | $92,261 | | | 73 | Panama | $90,885 | | | 74 | Madagascar | $88,748 | | | 75 | Yemen | $87,258 | | | 76 | Kyrgyzstan | $84,662 | | | 77 | Ghana | $76,605 | | | 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $72,285 | | | 79 | Finland | $64,189 | | | 80 | Luxembourg | $63,728 | | | 81 | Slovakia | $61,768 | | | 82 | El Salvador | $53,693 | | | 83 | Norway | $47,485 | | | 84 | Nicaragua | $43,293 | | | 85 | Senegal | $33,238 | | | 86 | Fiji | $32,572 | | | 87 | French Polynesia | $28,258 | | | 88 | Australia | $27,991 | | | 89 | Serbia | $26,419 | | | 90 | Ethiopia | $26,198 | | | 91 | Mozambique | $25,544 | | | 92 | Oman | $23,789 | | | 93 | Hungary | $20,000 | | | 94 | Lebanon | $18,676 | | | 95 | Mali | $16,807 | | | 96 | Malta | $16,491 | | | 97 | Mauritius | $14,689 | | | 98 | Algeria | $13,521 | | | 99 | Suriname | $13,034 | | | 100 | Estonia | $11,917 | | | 101 | Croatia | $11,064 | | | 102 | Dominican Republic | $10,633 | | | 103 | Nepal | $10,015 | | | 104 | Cambodia | $7,918 | | | 105 | Bahrain | $6,896 | | | 106 | Iceland | $5,583 | | | 107 | Montenegro | $5,113 | | | 108 | Mauritania | $4,956 | | | 109 | Bermuda | $4,053 | | | 110 | New Caledonia | $3,495 | | | 111 | Samoa | $3,492 | | | 112 | Albania | $3,043 | | | 113 | Burkina Faso | $2,057 | | | 114 | Trinidad and Tobago | $1,527 | | | 115 | Moldova | $1,285 | | | 116 | Barbados | $1,169 | | | 117 | Latvia | $895 | | | 118 | Aruba | $798 | | | 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | $439 | | | 120 | Cape Verde | $278 | | | 121 | Guyana | $254 | | | 122 | Bahamas, The | $240 | | | 123 | Bhutan | $175 | | | 124 | Burundi | $115 | | | 125 | Paraguay | $100 | | | 126 | Armenia | $81 | | | 127 | Antigua and Barbuda | $63 | | | 128 | Benin | $22 | |
| Country | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Albania | $15,266 | $13,379 | $80,298 | $46,017 | $10,232 | $3,043 | $6,521 |
| Algeria | $1,031,734 | $86,784 | $72,404 | $16,226 | $191,943 | $13,521 | $564,408 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $627 | $2,944 | | | $17 | $63 | $80 |
| Argentina | $22,107,734 | $19,685,275 | $24,118,245 | $24,433,533 | $16,349,573 | $25,832,964 | $29,049,551 |
| Armenia | | $749 | | $690 | $5,889 | $81 | $543 |
| Aruba | | | | | $994 | $798 | $964 |
| Australia | $260,774 | $111,703 | $135,331 | $186,753 | $7,558 | $27,991 | $10,026 |
| Austria | $775,906 | $596,294 | $512,030 | $300,873 | $279,272 | $379,381 | |
| Azerbaijan | $51 | $11,995 | $33,908 | $41,332 | $24,953 | $92,261 | $58,574 |
| Bahamas, The | $1,680 | $131 | $148 | $5,533 | $4,134 | $240 | $31 |
| Bahrain | $13,008 | | $56,088 | $421,476 | $20,918 | $6,896 | $21,537 |
| Bangladesh | $10,834,438 | $10,189,591 | $20,187,771 | | | | |
| Barbados | $1,324 | $5,526 | $5,231 | $2,122 | $6,351 | $1,169 | $11,584 |
| Belarus | $4,722,600 | $2,670,000 | $1,278,500 | $1,155,200 | $627,500 | $99,700 | $6,500 |
| Belgium | $24,702,218 | $8,493,929 | $9,650,399 | $9,301,797 | $4,973,614 | $5,171,939 | $4,807,868 |
| Belize | $510 | $2,197 | $3,225 | $3,062 | | | |
| Benin | $57 | $440 | | | | $22 | |
| Bermuda | | | | | | $4,053 | |
| Bhutan | | $608 | $9 | $200 | $278 | $175 | |
| Bolivia | $7,227,758 | $6,222,276 | $8,409,697 | $8,885,915 | $6,426,696 | $7,365,856 | $8,753,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $266,098 | $120,511 | $135,779 | $140,430 | $54,724 | $72,285 | $70,189 |
| Botswana | $462,614 | $609,948 | $77,508 | $14,553 | $472,766 | $103,854 | $526,141 |
| Brazil | $17,988,949 | $14,250,148 | $13,688,097 | $21,233,260 | $3,170,676 | $5,586,055 | $10,073,984 |
| Brunei | | $182,476 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | $6,025,987 | $8,903,775 | $14,367,494 | $24,963,675 | $16,394,888 | $26,380,959 | $24,663,984 |
| Burkina Faso | | | $8,516 | $320 | $11,317 | $2,057 | |
| Burundi | $108 | | $548 | $40 | | $115 | |
| Cambodia | | $40,608 | $41,284 | $51,647 | $55,464 | $7,918 | |
| Cameroon | $1,430,124 | $1,153,182 | $1,418,765 | $1,891,331 | $2,179,021 | $3,162,069 | |
| Canada | $7,610,932 | $12,877,879 | $7,783,246 | $7,121,663 | $6,916,335 | $8,564,429 | $6,976,575 |
| Cape Verde | $1,793 | $283 | $1,011 | $413 | $4,828 | $278 | $502 |
| Chile | $11,556,306 | $9,542,091 | $11,422,469 | $4,944,753 | $3,116,846 | $7,189,743 | $5,788,416 |
| China | $418,175,763 | $285,919,864 | $287,228,836 | $179,855,157 | $177,859,594 | $254,937,143 | $245,463,449 |
| Colombia | $16,278,067 | $15,100,310 | $15,417,011 | $16,171,947 | $10,251,902 | $13,023,286 | $16,013,125 |
| Comoros | $264 | | | | | | |
| Costa Rica | $532,287 | $546,279 | $339,720 | $524,997 | $313,933 | $645,776 | $412,755 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | $2,076,940 | $2,423,750 | $2,925,370 | $4,042,069 | $2,890,422 | $5,781,813 | $5,073,300 |
| Croatia | $1,257,505 | $85,963 | $63,812 | $19,520 | $28,713 | $11,064 | $10,695 |
| Cuba | $4,874 | $3,454 | | | | | |
| Cyprus | $12,045 | $91,781 | $53,735 | $26,307 | | | $20,872 |
| Czech Republic | $6,658,421 | $6,250,787 | $6,970,958 | $4,913,003 | $3,178,686 | $3,752,701 | $3,832,330 |
| Denmark | $409,782 | $321,768 | $398,360 | $507,123 | $326,965 | $484,518 | $510,387 |
| Dominica | | | $45 | | $28 | | |
| Dominican Republic | $461 | $1,631 | $52,219 | $16,044 | $10,878 | $10,633 | $48,485 |
| East Timor | $7,096 | | | | | | |
| Ecuador | $16,593,606 | $15,780,104 | $17,921,059 | $24,594,674 | $15,251,749 | $23,289,372 | $27,371,476 |
| Egypt | $29,869,009 | $25,599,048 | $18,172,082 | $59,777,419 | $41,568,142 | $39,474,586 | $28,316,709 |
| El Salvador | $136,043 | $73,468 | $1,669,215 | $331,260 | $141,245 | $53,693 | |
| Estonia | $34,135 | $1,129 | $837,889 | $141,772 | $1,252 | $11,917 | $610 |
| Ethiopia | $154,115 | $93,583 | $39,356 | $29,384 | $11,431 | $26,198 | $768,098 |
| Faroe Islands | $1,440,438 | $1,171,269 | $1,348,707 | $985,267 | $478,925 | | |
| Fiji | $435,756 | $2,379 | $48,073 | $12,518 | $3,580 | $32,572 | |
| Finland | $164,954 | $65,923 | $129,846 | $160,505 | $36,411 | $64,189 | $54,666 |
| France | $24,269,544 | $23,437,310 | $25,093,879 | $22,333,690 | $15,484,045 | $19,729,717 | $27,589,187 |
| French Polynesia | $104 | $110 | $258 | $4,061 | $4,723 | $28,258 | $2,475 |
| Gabon | $10,854 | $9,529 | $22,099 | $34,432 | $5,371 | | |
| Gambia, The | $490 | $66,129 | | $91 | | | $283 |
| Georgia | $94 | $180 | $38,101 | $406 | $785 | | |
| Germany | $15,347,000 | $19,543,000 | $29,303,000 | $24,123,000 | $15,972,000 | $21,601,851 | $26,171,357 |
| Ghana | $1,792 | $71,644 | $16,390 | $76,012 | $71,966 | $76,605 | $583,394 |
| Greece | $142,118 | $118,321 | $303,731 | $704,905 | $534,225 | $573,810 | $251,200 |
| Greenland | $10,551 | $9,014 | $1,721 | | | | |
| Grenada | | | | $1,626 | | | |
| Guatemala | $7,629,953 | $5,502,632 | $5,772,489 | $6,703,018 | $5,459,266 | $6,582,076 | $5,192,518 |
| Guinea | $11,947 | | | $3,378 | | | |
| Guinea-Bissau | $94 | | | | | | |
| Guyana | $3,872 | $8,596 | | | $29,845 | $254 | $8,064 |
| Honduras | $107,969 | $199,621 | $38,959 | | $60,049 | | |
| Hong Kong | $7,832,938 | $15,038,370 | $11,179,527 | $5,625,212 | $4,661,180 | $6,664,020 | $5,090,576 |
| Hungary | $1,255,000 | $17,000 | $1,046,000 | $129,000 | | $20,000 | $568,000 |
| Iceland | $5,555 | $2,613 | $6,065 | $1,241 | $4,724 | $5,583 | $927 |
| India | $21,807,303 | $13,043,231 | $15,095,546 | $18,290,540 | $11,929,396 | $31,252,450 | $32,184,268 |
| Indonesia | $67,044,744 | $54,618,072 | $72,729,537 | $91,475,803 | $76,527,148 | $122,500,115 | $141,425,614 |
| Iran | $41,087,432 | $5,712,910 | | | | $67,222,367 | |
| Ireland | $488,500 | $2,794,081 | $3,759,965 | $4,241,891 | $2,482,735 | $2,588,952 | $2,259,733 |
| Israel | $1,745,000 | $1,970,000 | $1,991,000 | $1,898,000 | $879,000 | $1,470,000 | $1,576,000 |
| Italy | $43,978,037 | $46,188,905 | $36,505,300 | $33,951,807 | $44,097,344 | $70,376,884 | $83,132,795 |
| Jamaica | $4,381 | $397 | | $1,050 | $1,051 | | |
| Japan | $19,304,189 | $28,066,422 | $28,798,856 | $33,592,664 | $21,894,477 | $27,287,915 | $37,183,397 |
| Jordan | $18,231 | $84,387 | $99,465 | $155,570 | $328,829 | $298,524 | $373,014 |
| Kazakhstan | $122,253 | $298,814 | $122,482 | $184,735 | $48,052 | | |
| Kenya | $10,716,778 | $11,668,162 | $13,366,799 | $12,989,651 | $13,419,364 | $22,258,456 | |
| Korea, South | $1,345,749 | $1,116,640 | $1,588,950 | $1,225,589 | $1,494,450 | $1,315,530 | $1,315,806 |
| Kuwait | | $131,123 | $126,104 | | | | |
| Kyrgyzstan | $194,640 | $23,956 | $26,334 | $152,608 | $45,070 | $84,662 | $107,824 |
| Latvia | $601,347 | $874,372 | $353,956 | $186,553 | $45,948 | $895 | $3,518 |
| Lebanon | | | $2,653 | $147,679 | $48,806 | $18,676 | |
| Lesotho | | | | $31,940 | | | |
| Lithuania | $5,422,393 | $8,992,391 | $8,940,687 | $10,291,549 | $5,148,679 | $7,705,972 | $6,939,391 |
| Luxembourg | $76,473 | $178,676 | $221,334 | $135,169 | $84,879 | $63,728 | $153,175 |
| Macau | $52,231 | $61,555 | $7,139 | $101,932 | $1,071 | | |
| Macedonia | $960,060 | $1,022,934 | $746,767 | $867,130 | $544,484 | | $45,328 |
| Madagascar | $4,080 | $1,113 | $3,652 | $47,968 | $15,101 | $88,748 | |
| Malawi | $10,260 | $29 | $179,408 | $523,122 | $228,511 | $323,372 | $546,314 |
| Malaysia | $17,556,726 | $15,990,076 | $10,863,645 | $6,811,204 | $3,202,838 | $4,077,406 | $3,300,709 |
| Mali | $128,995 | $22,256 | | | | $16,807 | |
| Malta | $80,407 | $82,487 | $252 | | | $16,491 | |
| Mauritania | | | $27,096 | $37,191 | | $4,956 | $1,688 |
| Mauritius | $16,877 | $160,014 | $327,438 | $92,693 | $169,079 | $14,689 | $7,572 |
| Mayotte | | $1,800 | $1,710 | $464 | | | |
| Mexico | $14,953,694 | $24,634,014 | $30,769,001 | $34,279,608 | $19,242,147 | $26,636,613 | $27,784,666 |
| Moldova | $36,499 | $2,236 | $7,801 | $7,958 | $474 | $1,285 | $1,503 |
| Mongolia | $7,304 | $6,031 | $5,597 | | | | |
| Montenegro | | $20,995 | $31,898 | $17,525 | $5,747 | $5,113 | $2,622 |
| Morocco | $37,251,304 | $41,209,971 | $35,150,948 | $38,958,692 | $24,484,157 | $29,321,377 | |
| Mozambique | $16,117 | $11,647 | $14,293 | $22,699 | $51,596 | $25,544 | $68,000 |
| Namibia | $3,881 | $19,002 | $2,938 | $14,067 | | | |
| Nepal | | | | | $5,006 | $10,015 | |
| Netherlands | $987,077 | $1,285,193 | $860,573 | $1,222,995 | $595,611 | $405,686 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | $8,217 | $41,200 | $6,895 | $7,200 | | | |
| New Caledonia | $638 | $28 | $103 | | $764 | $3,495 | $12,953 |
| New Zealand | $460,512 | $564,524 | $483,423 | $632,364 | $794,839 | $907,768 | $1,202,311 |
| Nicaragua | $2,630 | $9,602 | $24,499 | $31,792 | $42,534 | $43,293 | $86,936 |
| Niger | $648 | | $31 | $771 | $90 | | $273 |
| Nigeria | | $2,674,868 | $3,315,592 | $2,586,565 | $23,119,198 | $5,954,292 | |
| Norway | $42,435 | $774,506 | $82,645 | $56,352 | $74,649 | $47,485 | $183,443 |
| Oman | $59,098 | $18,668 | $122,681 | $17,072 | $49,532 | $23,789 | |
| Pakistan | $19,930,393 | $26,692,384 | $23,496,491 | $18,119,619 | $32,859,727 | $32,171,239 | $34,617,601 |
| Panama | $342 | $35,136 | $140,829 | $64,045 | $54,476 | $90,885 | $210,595 |
| Paraguay | $49,155 | $17 | | | $369 | $100 | $1,495 |
| Peru | $7,113,561 | $7,273,972 | $8,897,750 | $9,888,236 | $5,459,833 | $6,473,454 | $9,012,477 |
| Philippines | $3,873,202 | $5,955,243 | $5,827,073 | $5,407,984 | $3,701,157 | $5,645,684 | $5,358,603 |
| Poland | $7,249,397 | $8,666,742 | $6,526,908 | $3,692,952 | $3,283,068 | $3,992,640 | $4,087,892 |
| Portugal | $1,420,408 | $5,104,379 | $6,780,807 | $5,478,153 | $3,956,636 | $4,404,750 | $8,282,287 |
| Qatar | $965,751 | $859,557 | $572,111 | $387,875 | | $422,835 | |
| Romania | $30,344,868 | $39,653,834 | $45,856,784 | $51,435,117 | $42,836,659 | $52,799,395 | $68,691,648 |
| Russia | $11,922 | $659,151 | $20,065 | $344,908 | $95,865 | $812,419 | $733,390 |
| Rwanda | $6,043 | $28,291 | $33,757 | $2,662 | $6,095 | | $1,219 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | | | $5,325 | $6,393 | | | |
| Saint Lucia | | | $37 | | | | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | $20 | | | $173 | | |
| Samoa | | | | | $39,074 | $3,492 | $2,871 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | | | $495 | | | $439 | |
| Saudi Arabia | $22,918,050 | $11,248,095 | $17,145,037 | | $524,578 | $19,087,223 | |
| Senegal | $6,921 | $62,081 | $61,728 | $145,174 | $97,940 | $33,238 | $46,252 |
| Serbia | $87,264 | $197,406 | $37,087 | $63,448 | $16,801 | $26,419 | $24,147 |
| Seychelles | $38,208 | $10,290 | $4,192 | $24,966 | | | |
| Singapore | $495,949 | $248,176 | $306,860 | $2,254,928 | $214,721 | $1,292,679 | $1,147,312 |
| Slovakia | $669,545 | $584,177 | $426,404 | $30,338 | $23,861 | $61,768 | $175,597 |
| Slovenia | $639,106 | $408,132 | $240,865 | $529,385 | $422,787 | $131,690 | $238,284 |
| South Africa | $7,078,265 | $8,999,303 | $12,307,329 | $11,814,137 | $8,960,738 | $15,017,484 | $18,566,800 |
| Spain | $9,177,411 | $10,203,760 | $13,081,459 | $11,310,924 | $7,410,075 | $10,908,987 | |
| Sri Lanka | $1,178,596 | $2,409,550 | $2,025,589 | $2,520,627 | $2,009,230 | $1,549,502 | $2,803,291 |
| Sudan | $633 | $19,687 | $3,926 | $1,252 | $5,716 | | |
| Suriname | $9,962 | $29,390 | $7,382 | $8,017 | $5,607 | $13,034 | $24,231 |
| Swaziland | $10,744 | $6,408 | $162,976 | | | | |
| Sweden | $262,542 | $388,833 | $480,198 | $331,297 | $138,567 | $189,356 | $225,247 |
| Switzerland | $5,777,014 | $4,961,130 | $5,416,946 | $5,214,332 | $3,157,740 | $5,445,437 | $6,073,147 |
| Syria | $17,002,071 | $16,010,700 | $25,178,692 | $67,200,699 | | $28,613,794 | |
| Tanzania | $1,375,836 | $731,063 | $2,040,595 | $2,773,894 | $1,916,411 | $4,240,405 | $4,725,915 |
| Thailand | $12,395,915 | $10,131,291 | $7,807,647 | $9,735,956 | $6,262,865 | $8,957,952 | $7,352,543 |
| Togo | | | | | | | $2,280 |
| Tonga | | | | $413 | | | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $122,781 | $82,356 | $6,717 | $4,975 | | $1,527 | |
| Tunisia | $2,048,570 | $2,284,757 | $1,997,237 | $1,646,855 | $1,370,998 | $2,229,358 | |
| Turkey | $118,722,244 | $126,489,889 | $121,888,353 | $133,384,485 | $94,369,574 | $129,393,511 | $129,875,645 |
| Uganda | $259,186 | $550,345 | $871,022 | $979,375 | $1,175,875 | $2,064,632 | |
| Ukraine | $3,745,751 | $4,608,486 | $3,755,505 | $3,829,202 | $2,289,717 | $2,758,945 | $2,081,899 |
| United Arab Emirates | $612,355 | | $413,108 | $3,029,097 | | | |
| United Kingdom | $10,729,419 | $7,004,000 | $11,650,583 | $23,970,685 | $19,946,373 | $25,229,113 | $56,267,572 |
| United States | $81,690,643 | $108,778,013 | $89,373,250 | $101,122,095 | $47,529,143 | $69,464,855 | $98,782,173 |
| Uruguay | $256,676 | $193,893 | $307,414 | $226,312 | $208,491 | | |
| Vanuatu | | $878 | $47 | | | | |
| Venezuela | $473,689 | $125,282 | $135,786 | $541,313 | $369,004 | $524,109 | $556,366 |
| Vietnam | $2,211,238 | $3,685,546 | $3,136,902 | $1,257,055 | $1,384,251 | $1,442,570 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | $76 | $190 | | | | | |
| Yemen | $19,849 | $8,174 | $120,116 | $32,933 | $51,176 | $87,258 | $24,302 |
| Zambia | $2,891,920 | $2,171,468 | $1,769,989 | $1,636,935 | $1,994,393 | $2,409,126 | |
| Zimbabwe | $275,355 | $35,301 | $256,727 | $100,387 | $336,372 | $758,753 | |
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